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Personal Property Tax Compliance and Audit Management

Our Approach and Guarantee

GFTC takes great pride in customizing a compliance process that fits your individual needs and requirements. We guarantee we will reduce your compliance costs and tax liability, while increasing your Income and Cash Flow. If we ever make an error, we will pay all related penalties and interests. We only ask that we be given the opportunity to provide you with a quote.

The GFTC Solution

GFTC offers several customized approaches to assist clients with personal property tax compliance. We provide you with comparative pricing which allows you to choose which process is best suited for your company’s goals and objectives. Whether you currently perform all of the services internally, or if you outsource some or all of these services, we can design an option that will reduce costs.

Filing Option 1 - Full Service

In addition to preparing and filing all tax returns and paying all tax bills, GFTC will review all assets to ensure each asset is properly coded for accurate filing. GFTC will also handle all routine correspondence, audits and appeals as well as prepare tax accruals. All administrative costs are included in this service (such as: printing, mailing, etc.). GFTC will:

Work with you to populate all your existing locations into our PTMS software

Prepare and file all tax returns, and pay all tax bills

Prepare the tax accruals

Conduct a thorough analysis of your fixed asset ledger, and review all assets to ensure they are properly coded for filing

Provide online access to PTMS for monitoring

Create customized reports for you

Handle and respond to all routine correspondence with assessors

Manage and handle all audits and appeals for personal property tax

Work with you in customizing all reports and reporting schedules pertaining to personal property and tax accruals

Filing Option 2 - Preparation of Returns Only Using PTMS Software

For those clients that wish to continue to handle all of the services mentioned in Option 1, with the exception of preparing the returns, GFTC will prepare and submit the returns to you, in PDF format, ten days prior to the filing deadline.

Filing Option 3 - Preparation of Returns Using Your Software

For those clients that want to continue to maintain their current system, GenFi’s trained compliance staff can be given access to your system, and GFTC compliance experts can provide the services offered in Option 1. Under this option, you may have GFTC prepare returns and you can continue to manage all payments and accruals and your real estate function.

How You Will Benefit

Regardless of the option you choose, GFTC’s personal property tax compliance, bill payment and audit management services can enable you to maximize the value of your company’s time and resources. Benefits also include:

Accurate and timely filed tax returns

Audit management resources

Reduced risk of incurring late filing fees, interest and penalties

Reduced tax expense

Option of direct access to the PTMS software

Eliminates annual cost for tax software and the time to implement software

Access to experienced resources and elimination of training costs

Increased time for internal resources to work on priority projects

Get Started

Whether you are ready to get started or have additional questions, the first step is to contact General Financial and Tax Consulting. We want to hear your questions and explain how we can work with you. Many of our clients have similar questions, and you may be able to benefit from their experience (references provided). Start by filling out the contact form on this website. If you would like additional information, have more questions, or want to discuss your situation, call us at 1-888-496-2679.

Organizations in every industry have their own unique pain points, vulnerabilities and missed opportunities. General Financial specializes in coupling our financial expertise with the advanced tracking solutions of our parent company to bring significant, measurable savings to our customers.